Social Environment

Our Home - Personal and common items used at home
Our Home - Materials used for cleaning personal items at home
Our Home - Materials used for cleaning common items at home

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify personal items used at home
- Differentiate between personal and common items
- Show interest in keeping personal items clean

- Look at pictures of personal and common items
- Name the items in the pictures
- Draw and color items
- Write the name of each item

How can we identify personal and common items at home?

- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 1
- Pictures of personal and common items
- Drawing materials
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 2
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 3
- Pictures of cleaning materials
- Real cleaning materials
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 4

- Observation - Oral questions - Written exercises

Social Environment

Our Home - Cleaning personal items using locally available materials
Our Home - Cleaning common items using locally available materials
Our Home - Cleaning common items using locally available materials
Our Home - A clean home environment for self and others' safety
Our Home - A clean home environment for self and others' safety
Our Home - Personal hygiene and safety

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify locally available materials for cleaning personal items
- Clean personal items using locally available materials
- Value cleanliness of personal items

- Observe pictures of children cleaning personal items
- Discuss what the children are doing
- Identify which personal items they are cleaning
- Practice cleaning a handkerchief with teacher guidance

How can we clean our personal items using locally available materials?

- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 5
- Handkerchiefs
- Soap
- Water
- Locally available cleaning materials
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 6
- Combs
- Toothbrushes
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 7
- Common items (utensils)
- Cleaning materials
- Water
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 8
- Utensils
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 9
- Poem about clean home
- Poster materials
- Manila papers
- Markers/crayons
- Exercise books
- Handwashing materials
- Chart showing handwashing steps

- Observation - Practical assessment - Oral questions

Social Environment

Our Home - Waste disposal at home
Our Home - Caring for home surroundings
Our Home - Benefits of a clean home
Our Home - Home safety measures

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify proper waste disposal methods at home
- Sort waste into biodegradable and non-biodegradable
- Value proper waste management at home

- Discuss different types of waste found at home
- Sort waste items into biodegradable and non-biodegradable
- Demonstrate proper waste disposal
- Create a simple waste management plan for home

Why is proper waste disposal important for our health?

- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 7
- Pictures of waste items
- Sorting containers
- Chart paper
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 8
- Pictures of home surroundings
- Cleaning tools
- Schedule template
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 9
- Chart paper
- Markers/crayons
- Pictures of clean homes
- Pictures of home hazards
- Safety charts
- Role play props

- Observation - Sorting exercise - Oral questions

Social Environment

Our Home - Making a clean home model
Family Needs and Wants - Differences between family needs and wants
Family Needs and Wants - Differences between family needs and wants
Family Needs and Wants - Places within the locality where family needs are met
Family Needs and Wants - Places within the locality where family needs are met

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Design a model of a clean home
- Create a model using locally available materials
- Appreciate cleanliness and orderliness in homes

- Plan and design a model of a clean home
- Collect locally available materials for model making
- Create a clean home model in groups
- Present and explain models to classmates

How can we represent a clean home through a model?

- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 9
- Locally available materials
- Glue
- Scissors
- Coloring materials
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 10
- Pictures of needs and wants
- Charts showing needs and wants
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 11
- Chart showing differences between needs and wants
- Chalkboard
- Pictures of local places
- School garden
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 12
- Drawing materials
- Pictures of boreholes

- Observation - Project assessment - Oral presentation

Social Environment

Family Needs and Wants - Grouping family needs and wants
Family Needs and Wants - Choosing family needs over family wants
Family Needs and Wants - Family needs and wants within the locality

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Define family needs and wants
- Give examples of family needs and wants
- Develop interest in classifying family needs and wants

- Observe pictures of needs and wants
- Discuss what family needs and wants are
- Give examples of each
- Name items in pictures

How can we classify items into needs and wants?

- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 12
- Pictures of needs and wants
- Charts
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 13
- Drawing materials
- Charts/tables
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 14
- Pictures of family needs and wants
- Flashcards
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 15
- Manila papers
- Old newspapers and magazines
- Glue
- Scissors

- Observation - Oral questions - Discussion

Social Environment

Our School - Ways of keeping the school environment clean
Our School - Common accidents at school
Our School - Common accidents at school

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Identify ways of keeping the school environment clean
- Name tools used for keeping the school environment clean
- Show interest in keeping the school environment clean

- Observe pictures of school cleaning activities
- Name the ways of keeping the school clean
- Discuss other ways of keeping the school environment clean

How can we keep our school environment clean?

- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 17
- Pictures of cleaning activities
- Cleaning tools
- Pictures of cleaning tools
- Matching cards
- Actual cleaning tools
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 18
- Pictures of common accidents
- Audio recording (if available)
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 19
- School compound
- Drawing materials

- Observation - Oral questions - Discussion

Social Environment

Our School - Cleaning the school environment
Our School - A clean and safe school environment
Our School - A clean and safe school environment
Our National Flag - Meaning of colours of the Kenya national flag

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Describe activities for cleaning the school
- Clean the school environment
- Show willingness to maintain a clean school environment

- Observe picture of learners cleaning the school
- Discuss what the learners are doing
- Practice cleaning the school with teacher guidance
- Wash hands after the activity

Why is it important to participate in cleaning our school?

- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 20
- Cleaning materials
- Water
- Soap
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 21
- Manila paper
- Markers
- Cleaning materials
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 22
- Manila papers
- Markers/crayons
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 23
- Materials for making dustbins
- Poem about clean school
- Soap and water
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 24
- Picture of Kenya national flag
- Actual Kenya national flag (if available)

- Observation - Practical assessment - Oral questions

Social Environment

Our National Flag - Meaning of colours of the Kenya national flag
Our National Flag - Events in which Kenya National Anthem is sung
Our National Flag - Events in which Kenya National Anthem is sung
Our National Flag - Expected behaviour when raising and lowering the Kenya national flag
Our National Flag - Expected behaviour when raising and lowering the Kenya national flag
Our National Flag - The importance of the national anthem
Our National Flag - The importance of the national anthem

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

- Explain the meaning of colours on the Kenya national flag
- Draw and colour the Kenya national flag
- Value the symbolism of the national flag

- Read about the meaning of colors on the flag
- Discuss the meaning of each color
- Draw the Kenya national flag on manila paper
- Color the drawing

What do the colours of our national flag represent?

- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 25
- Manila papers
- Colored pencils/crayons
- Chart explaining flag colors
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 26
- Kenya national anthem lyrics
- Audio recording of national anthem (if available)
- Pictures of national events
- Videos (if available)
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 27
- Pictures of flag ceremonies
- Resource person
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 28
- Chart with flag etiquette
- Flag (or representation) for role play
- Distinction Environmental Activities Grade 2 pg. 29
- Chart about importance of national anthem
- Markers/crayons

- Observation - Project assessment - Oral questions